I can’t bloody shift it! I had the worst of it a couple of weekends ago and every time I feel better, the next day I feel terrible again. A blocked nose is meaning I get fuck all sleep and I keep feeling extremely exhausted.
Next year I’m definitely getting the jab!
Sounds like you have a bad cold, or other respiratory virus, and not the flu.
Exhaustion is literally a hallmark trait of the flu that colds don’t cause without underlying conditions. And this strain specifically lasts longer than most flus.
Try not diagnosing people over the Internet when you don’t know the basics.
That’s what’s causing OPs exhaustion as they clearly state. And yet no mention of body aches, fever etc
It’s kind of both - I would be tired from the poor sleep, but also just a general lack of overall energy. I can have broken sleep in the past and still feel energetic in the day.
The flu is generally speaking borderline debilitating. High fever and muscle aches and cramps are the hallmark symptoms of flu. Granted, this strain seems to be more of a slow burner than others but me and my partner have both had flu in the past and have both had a respiratory virus, probably a cold, already this year that is definitely not the flu.
That’s not true. You can have the flu and have very mild symptoms. I had a high fever the other weekend and I was basically crashed out in bed for the weekend, and while the fever went away, everything else has remained. It seems like this strain seems to be hanging around on people for a lot longer.
Fair enough, it seemed to suggest in your post originally that a blocked nose was your only symptom.
Why do so many very, very stupid people think you can suffocate from a stuffy nose or surgical mask?
Who mentioned suffocation or masks? How about you shut up?
Suffocation in medical terminology applies to circumstances that impede airflow and therefore oxidation of the blood, aka your “their stuffed nose exhausted them” theory.
In other words, stop talking about things you know nothing about.
The OP suggested in their original statement that they were exhausted because they weren’t getting enough sleep. Don’t put words in my mouth because you can’t read.
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You’re either intentionally trolling me (in which case congratulations you got me) or you really can’t keep more than one sentence in your mind at once, either way, this conversation is going nowhere and I shan’t be responding any more.